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New PrettyFit Protein Brings Accountability to Sports Nutrition
New protein powder to shake up sports nutrition market with all-natural, minimal ingredient protein powder made for women. - September 15, 2015 - PrettyFit
Novatein Biosciences (NovaTeinBio.com) Launches Food ELISA Kits
Novatein Biosciences (www.novateinbio.com) continues to expand its product line with the launch of food ELISA kits. - September 12, 2015 - Novatein Biosciences
Water Extracted Algae Oil Claims Healthy Splash
Source-Omega (http://www.source-omega.com) claims SOURCE OIL™ brands the first and only true water extracted algae oil. They state water extraction also makes SOURCE OIL the first and only naturally high DHA omega-3 oil. Their premium brand gives record DHA levels at 57 percent of all fatty... - September 11, 2015 - Source-Omega
Simple Application of Detectamet File Holder Could Save Pupils Lives
A School recently found a new use for Detectamet’s wall mountable file pockets. They have just bought ten red versions to hold emergency instruction files in easy to find locations. The bright red colour will attract immediate attention and save critical time when rapid lifesaving action is needed. - September 10, 2015 - Detectamet
Houston Startup Noninvasix Earns Spot in Prominent Healthcare Startup Accelerator Program
Patient monitoring developer joins Health Wildcatters’ third startup class - September 10, 2015 - Noninvasix
Cayman Chemical and the University of Michigan Issued US Patent for SAM-Screener™ Epigenetic Methylation Test
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to Cayman Chemical and the University of Michigan claiming detection analyte probes based on a natural product mimic of the methyltransferase cofactor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM). Aptly named SAM-Screener™, these probes are the foundation of Cayman’s high-throughput, one-step florescent binding assays for identification of SAM-competitive methyltransferase inhibitors from small-molecule chemical libraries. - September 10, 2015 - Cayman Chemical Company
New Report Examines Value-Based Gains from a Leading Pioneer ACO
On the heels of the latest Medicare Pioneer ACO performance results from CMS, a new report examines care coordination and population health strategies from Steward Healthcare's top-performing Pioneer Accountable Care Organization. - September 08, 2015 - Healthcare Intelligence Network
Clinical Imaging Board Publishes Guidance to Address Concerns in Relation to Patient Identification
The CIB published guidance and recommendations on patient identification, aimed at ensuring that the right patients always undergo the right diagnostic imaging procedures (scans, x-rays, etc). - September 07, 2015 - Insititute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
Munroe Sutton Boosts UK Dental Network to 2,000 Participating Dentists
Munroe Sutton, the leading UK provider of discount plans for dental treatment, is today announcing the expansion of its UK network of dentists providing access to discounted dental treatment to over 2,000 practices. The addition of the new dentists means Munroe Sutton’s UK dental network has... - September 05, 2015 - Careington
Non-Profit Foundation for Organ, Eye and Tissue Donation is Recognized in National Magazine
The Heather Trew Foundation for organ, eye and tissue donation. Local Non-Profit is recognized in national magazines. The largest pharmaceutical publications, Remedy’s Healthy Living and Diabetes Focus recognize The Heather Trew Foundation for organ, eye and tissue donation in their Fall... - September 04, 2015 - The Heather Trew Foundation for organ, eye and tissue donation
Bioo Scientific Receives USDA Approval for Using Its ELISA to Screen Meat for Ractopamine Residues
Bioo Scientific’s MaxSignal® Ractopamine ELISA Test Kit has been approved by the USDA for the verification testing requirements for screening of meat in the Quality System Verification Program (QSVP), Never Fed Beta-Agonists Marketing Program. The kit enables the detection of as little as 0.1 ppb of ractopamine in pork and other meat samples, well below the 1 ppb minimal required performance limit used by many countries. - September 04, 2015 - Bioo Scientific
Pet Insurance Really Does Pay: North America’s Most Common Medical Conditions
Each September, the North American Pet Health Insurance Association (NAPHIA) celebrates Pet Health Insurance month, educating pet owners about the importance of insurance and how it works and its benefits. This year, the organization is marking the month by releasing a new report which illustrates the most common medical conditions for cats and dogs – as claimed by pet insurance policyholders in 2014. - September 03, 2015 - NAPHIA - North American Pet Health Insurance Association
NASH Drugs Market, 2015-2025
The "NASH Drugs Market, 2015-2025" report provides a comprehensive study on the current landscape and the future outlook of the evolving pipeline of molecules in this area. With an expanding NAFLD and NASH population worldwide, there is a growing need for development of therapeutics in this disease area. - September 03, 2015 - Roots Analysis
Mostly Medicaid Addresses Key State Decision Makers at 2015 Human Services Finance Officers Conference
Mostly Medicaid experts presented to the HSFO attendees in Sparks, Nevada on a wide range of Medicaid topics. Key presentations included a look at recent and upcoming federal OIG scrutiny of state Medicaid financing mechanisms and review of state preparations for the coming age wave in social services. - September 03, 2015 - Mostly Medicaid
Protein Expression Systems Market: Current Landscape and Future Opportunities
Advances in genetic engineering and cloning techniques have allowed isolation and expression of heterologous and recombinant proteins for research, therapeutic and industrial uses. Large scale applications such as enzyme, antibody or vaccine production require high amounts of protein. This demands that the system producing protein must be easy to culture, allow rapid cell growth and provide good yield. - September 02, 2015 - Roots Analysis
NanoCellect and UCSD Team Up on Single-Cell Sorting and Analysis
NanoCellect Biomedical, a developer of affordable and accessible flow cytometry and cell sorting technology for life science researchers, begins a collaboration with UCSD to develop single cell applications based on their WOLF Cell Sorter. The WOLF Cell Sorter enables easy-to-use cell sorting that... - September 02, 2015 - NanoCellect
Skin Care Salon is Now Opened in Stone Mountain
Corrective Skin Care International has now opened in Stone Mountain, Georgia offering a variety of therapeutic skin care products. Corrective Skin Care also has products to treat acne, age spots and dark spots, fine lines and wrinkles. Corrective Skin Care International offers results-driven... - September 02, 2015 - Corrective Skin Care
VIRUN® NutraBIOsciences™ Relocates R&D to Pomona, Presenting at Upcoming Cognitive Health Online Summit, Exhibiting at SupplySideWest & Announces VIRUN T-Shirt Trend
The Cognitive Health Online Summit will occur on September 2, 2015, and will feature Philip Bromley discussing Smart Delivery Technologies. VIRUN signs a lease for a new R&D facility in Pomona, California. SupplySide West Expo 2015 is right around the corner, and VIRUN is sure to be a crowd pleaser as it goes back in time to deliver the future of functional beverages. VIRUN has added a “Shop VIRUN” page to proliferate the VIRUN phenomenon. - September 01, 2015 - VIRUN
Epitope Diagnostics Introduces Novel Fecal NGAL Specific ELISA Kit for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Epitope Diagnostics introduces its novel fecal neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) ELISA kit. This is the first commercial kit that is developed for measurement of NGAL levels in human stool sample. Fecal NGAL is potentially a better marker than those currently used in clinical practice. - September 01, 2015 - Epitope Diagnostics, Inc.
KinderPharm LLC Acquires Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometric Research and Development Company
KinderPharm LLC., announced that it has acquired PKPD Bioscience, Inc., a clinical pharmacology and pharmacometric research and development company. The purchase will strengthen the capabilities of KinderPharm LLC to provide pediatric PK/PD modeling and simulation as well as Pop PK and sparse sampling. - September 01, 2015 - KinderPharm LLC
Keynote Line-Up and Seven FDA Speakers Confirmed for Immunogenicity and Bioassay Summit 2015, Organized by Cambridge Healthtech Institute
Seventh annual event to focus on technologies and strategies for safe and efficacious products in the clinic. - August 31, 2015 - Cambridge Healthtech Institute
Bioo Scientific Honored for Increasing Austin’s Ability to Compete in the Global Marketplace
Bioo Scientific, an Austin-based biotech company which manufactures food and feed safety test kits and products supporting life science research, received the British Airways International Trade, Investment & Expansion Award, which recognizes investments by international companies in Austin that create jobs locally, as well as Austin-based companies who have a global impact through products and services provided worldwide. - August 30, 2015 - Bioo Scientific
Mayne Pharma to Invest $65m in Major Manufacturing Expansion in North Carolina
The company will invest $65 million to significantly expand facilities and equipment at its site in Greenville, N.C. Plans include greenfield construction of a new, 126,000-square-foot oral-dose commercial manufacturing facility, doubling U.S. manufacturing capacity, plus re-urposing of existing space to expand contract services. - August 29, 2015 - Mayne Pharma USA
Mostly Medicaid Chairs 2015 Medicaid Managed Care Congress Workshop and Operational Track
Mostly Medicaid experts chaired the MMCC pre-conference Medicaid 101 event for the 4th year in a row in May 2015. The workshop continues to grow each year, and has become an attendee favorite. Mostly Medicaid was also tasked with facilitating the finance and operations track for the event. Clay... - August 27, 2015 - Mostly Medicaid
Medicaid Drug Rebate Program Webinar on 9/2 to Provide Critical Updates to Medicaid Rx Professionals
Mostly Medicaid runs an industry-leading series of free webinars for the Medicaid industry. The next one is September 2nd and will focus on the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Planned topics include AMP rule updates, 340B guidance updates, MDRP data sets, Dispute resolution report from OIG, MDRP... - August 27, 2015 - Mostly Medicaid
Bioo Scientific Enables the Sensitive Detection of a Broad Range of Beta-Lactam Antibiotics in Food
Bioo Scientific’s MaxSignal® Beta-Lactam ELISA Test Kit has been validated for the screening of a wide range of beta-lactam antibiotics in a number of food matrices, with detection limits as low as 0.8 ppb. - August 27, 2015 - Bioo Scientific
Ambu Partners with ValueCentric in Data Enhancement Initiative
Ambu chooses ValueCentric for their expertise in data cleansing and enhanced Master Data Management services. - August 27, 2015 - ValueCentric
New England, North Carolina Motorcyclists Hit Road for Kids
From the mountains of North Carolina to history-rich sites of Massachusetts, motorcyclists hit the road over the weekend for kids battling brain tumors. These family-friendly Ride for Kids events, held in Asheville, N.C., and Framingham, Mass., raised $84,236 to support the Pediatric Brain Tumor... - August 27, 2015 - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
Oral Cancer Awareness Key to Survival
Scripps Oral Pathology Service (SOPS) offers CE course in Del Mar, CA, "Oral Pathology: From Differential Diagnosis to Biopsy." - August 26, 2015 - Scripps Oral Pathology Service
Speaking of NEC Podcast Featuring Expert Parent Laura Martin Launches August 28
Produced by The Morgan Leary Vaughan Fund, and funded by The Petit Family Foundation, Speaking of NEC is a series of one-on-one conversations with relevant Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) experts - neonatologists, clinicians and researchers - that highlights current prevention, diagnosis, and treatment strategies for NEC, and the search for a cure. - August 26, 2015 - The Morgan Leary Vaughan Fund, Inc.
ALPCO Releases New STELLUX® Chemiluminescent Adiponectin ELISAs
ALPCO has launched its new STELLUX® Chemiluminescent Total Adiponectin and HMW Adiponectin ELISAs. - August 25, 2015 - ALPCO
MEND Named 2015 CPG Editor’s Choice Award Finalist by Informa’s SupplySide
MEND Named Among Top CPG Products for Innovation and Market Impact. - August 25, 2015 - Nutrition For Healing
DaVinci Biosciences Announces Publication of "Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Arthritis" in the Book Anti-Aging Therapeutics, Volume 17
DaVinci Biosciences, LLC, a company committed to improving the quality of life for those suffering from degenerative diseases, announced today that the Vice President of Research and Development, Rafael Gonzalez’s, paper “Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Arthritis” has... - August 25, 2015 - DaVinci Biosciences LLC
Highland Pharms Adds Hemp Oil Extract and CBD Capsules to Line; Continues to Grow Wholesale CBD Customer Base
Highland Pharms, a leading provider of Cannabidiol (CBD) Hemp Oil Drops and Vaporizer Oils to end users and wholesale customers announces the addition of 2 new CBD Rich Hemp Oil products to its existing product line. Additionally, Highland Pharms is pleased to announce the addition of 2 important wholesale accounts to the existing line of wholesale customers. - August 24, 2015 - Highland Pharms CBD
Infographic on Integrated Healthcare: 60% Will Integrate Behavioral Health and Primary Care in Year Ahead
A new Healthcare Intelligence Network infographic captures trends in integration of behavioral health and primary care, including integration levels achieved, telehealth use and challenges. - August 24, 2015 - Healthcare Intelligence Network
Molecular Innovations, Inc. Issued U.S. Patent for Human Prorenin ELISA Kit
Molecular Innovations, Inc. has been issued United States Patent Number 9,085,795 for its unique and novel “Human Prorenin ELISA Kit.” - August 23, 2015 - Molecular Innovations
PD-1 and PD-L1 Inhibitors and Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T Cell Immunotherapy - Competitive Landscape, Pipeline and Market Analysis, 2015
DelveInsight, the leading market research and consulting company has received immense positive feedback on its report PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors and Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T cell Immunotherapy - Competitive Landscape, Pipeline and Market Analysis, 2015.. In addition to this their research... - August 22, 2015 - DelveInsight
Anaemia Screening Digital Health Tech Takes Top Prize in 2015 MedTech’s Got Talent
Eyenaemia won an additional $40,000 cash prize to accelerate their anaemia screening platform toward commercialisation after beating out four other top teams at the closed-door Investor Boardroom Pitch, the final stage of the 2015 round of MedTech’s Got Talent. - August 21, 2015 - STC
Celiac Disease-Pipeline Insights, 2015 - a DelveInsight Report
DelveInsight, the leading market research and consulting company has added new report Celiac Disease-Pipeline Insights, 2015 to its portfolio. With this launch Delveinsight now has 700+ Reports on Indication Pipeline Insight. In addition to this our research expertise provides our clients with up... - August 21, 2015 - DelveInsight
AdvantaPure(R) Welcomes Mark Mistretta as East Coast Sales Manager; Brings Sales and Engineering Experience to Assist Customers with Process System Integration
AdvantaPure announces the appointment of Mark Mistretta to its team. Mistretta fills the east coast sales position vacated due to the recent promotion of another team member. His experience in sales and mechanical engineering will help AdvantaPure’s Single-Use system customers work out their biopharma fluid flow concepts and application challenges. As Eastern Regional Sales Manager, Mistretta is responsible for the management and growth of accounts in the eastern U.S. - August 21, 2015 - AdvantaPure
September Webcast to Feature Top MSSP ACO's Continuum-Wide Population Health Approach
Memorial Hermann ACO, a top 2014 Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), will detail its umbrella approach to continuum-wide population health management during a September 29, 2015 webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network. - August 20, 2015 - Healthcare Intelligence Network
Leading Liquid Filled Capsules Manufacturer Grace Drugs Exporting to Nine Countries
India’s leading Pharmaceutical Company, Grace Drugs and Pharmaceuticals, has successfully placed its trusted products across nine different countries. - August 20, 2015 - Grace Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
CRO Analytics Appoints Bruce Wakeman as Chief Commercial Officer
CRO Analytics, the leading provider of clinical research quality performance indicators, announced today that Bruce M. Wakeman has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Wakeman will be responsible for CRO Analytics’ overall commercial strategy and execution, and will implement... - August 20, 2015 - CRO Analytics
Free Seminar for Manufacturers of Finished Parts
An educational seminar for manufacturers, custom coaters and fabricators will be held at Century II Performing Arts Center in Wichita, KS on August 28, 2015. This seminar will be helpful for companies who have liquid or powder coating lines. Information about the seminar may be found at... - August 19, 2015 - Kasa Companies
September 17, 2015 Webinar: Post-Acute Care Trends - Aligning Clinical Standards and Provider Demands in the Changing Landscape
The nation's first URAC-accredited clinically integrated network and a five-star skilled nursing organization will share strategies for post-acute care (PAC) success in value-based healthcare during a September 17, 2015 webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Intelligence Network. - August 19, 2015 - Healthcare Intelligence Network
Research Conducted by Dr. Antonio Medina at MIT Demonstrates That Glasses Worsen Eyesight
The latest research published in print this month demonstrates that wearing glasses worsens nearsightedness (myopia). Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol (2015) 253:1273-1277. Medina’s feedback model for emmetropization predicts that correction of myopes aggravates their condition and myopia... - August 19, 2015 - Antonio Medina
St. Louis Motorcyclists Rev It Up at Ride for Kids
St. Louis motorcyclists gathered over the weekend to honor 11 local brain tumor survivors at the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation's Ride for Kids event. The family-friendly event, held at St. Charles Community College in Cottleville, raised $46,290 to support the foundation's lifesaving research... - August 19, 2015 - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
Concept Life Sciences Acquires CXR Biosciences to Augment Its Expanding Service Base in Discovery and PreClinical Sciences
Concept Life Sciences, scientific Laboratory and consultancy group has acquired CXR Biosciences. This marks its fourth acquisition since it was formed in July 2014. Led by Executive Chairman Michael Fort and Chief Executive Officer Alan Morgan the Concept Life Sciences Group currently has over 600... - August 18, 2015 - Concept Life Sciences
Hometown Urgent Care to Open Third Clinic Off I-94
Hometown Urgent Care to open third clinic off I-94. Expansion makes Hometown largest urgent care provider for Kalamazoo and Portage residents. - August 17, 2015 - Hometown Urgent Care
Matrix Medical Announces Strategic Partner Plan with Key Hospitals
Matrix Medical announces new strategic partners for the Tractus product line. The product plans to solve the FDA direct part marking requirement pursuant to the FDA Final Rule pertaining to the UDI requirement. - August 17, 2015 - Matrix Medical Tracking Systems